Christy Lewis

Name: Christy Lewis
Birth Name: Nathaniel Christy Lewis
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Birthplace: Liberty, Arizona, USA
Died: 1967-04-06 (Age:53)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record


Lewis was the older brother of former light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis and middleweight Paul Lewis. Lewis was shot and seriously wounded by a gunshot to the stomach from a 17 year old Phoenix girl. The woman had accused Lewis of raping her.

Source: "Christy Lewis Shot By Young Colored Girl", Arizona Republic, January 9, 1940

Lewis is the biological maternal grandfather of rapper LL Cool J.